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| 554722 | GretnaBear | Stoever's Dam Park
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| 554709 | GretnaBear | State Correctional Institution – Retreat |
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| 376504 | GretnaBear | Annville Historic Train Station
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| 376502 | GretnaBear | Quittie Creek Nature Park
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| 376498 | GretnaBear | Annville United Brethren Cemetery
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| 554704 | GretnaBear | State Correctional Institution – Dallas |
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| 477834 | ruthmaben | Is there a lake here? |
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| 376495 | GretnaBear |
Evergreen Cemetery
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| 251734 | Eeer |
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| 378221 | GretnaBear | Dinosaur Rock. The boulder area covers about an acre. eology: This outcrop is an erosional remant of an igneous rock called diabase. During the Jurassic period in southeastern Pennsylvania, a large mass of molten rock cut upward into Triassic sedimentary rocks. Subsequent erosion of rocks allowed these resistant rocks to form some of the highlands of the piedmont. The diabase is composed mostly of minerals plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Crystals of plagioclase are enclosed with pyroxene crystals, which give it a texture called “ophitic.” This indicates that as the magma slowly cooled, plagioclase crystals formed first. The boulders are spheroidally weathered, and their presence was probably influenced by the colder climate of the last glacial age. The remnnant of diabase still stands approximately 15 feet higher than the surrounding woods. A profile of the rocks from the north or south reveals a form that gives the outcrop its name—“Dinosaur Rock.” |